Table 5.
Plasma metabolites of rats fed a control diet (CD), sucrose-rich diet (SRD) or SRD + chia seed (SRD+chia) 1.
| Diet | Time on Diet (Months) | Triglyceride (mM) | Free Fatty Acids (μM) | Cholesterol (mM) | Glucose (mM) | Insulin (μU/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD | 3 | 0.69 ± 0.04 b | 300.1 ± 16.0 b | 1.85 ± 0.10 b | 6.5 ± 0.2 b | 64.1 ± 3.2 |
| SRD | 3 | 1.98 ± 0.08 a | 716.0 ± 8.1 a | 3.21 ± 0.14 a | 7.9 ± 0.1 a | 60.1 ± 4.2 |
| CD | 6 | 0.72 ± 0.03 b | 335.0 ± 13.0 b | 1.92 ± 0.11 b | 6.6 ± 0.1 b | 62.0 ± 2.9 |
| SRD | 6 | 2.06 ± 0.17 a | 760.4 ± 16.3 a | 3.60 ± 0.04 a | 8.3 ± 0.1 a | 65.0 ± 3.2 |
| SRD+chia | 3 to 6 | 0.72 ± 0.05 b | 363.0 ± 35.4 b | 1.75 ± 0.21 b | 6.9 ± 0.1 b | 67.4 ± 6.5 |
1 Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 6. Values in a column that do not share the same superscript letter (a, b) are significantly different p < 0.05 when one variable at a time was compared by the Newman Keul`s test.